diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0-r1.ebuild
index 39ea6b2346b95..df1e34b5a7e39 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ DEPEND="dev-libs/libevent
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	php_targets_php5-6? ( dev-php/pecl-http:2[php_targets_php5-6] )"
 
-PHP_EXT_ECONF_ARGS=( --with-http --without-http-shared-deps )
+PHP_EXT_ECONF_ARGS=( --with-http --without-http-shared-deps --without-http-libidn2-dir )
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/pecl-http-gnutls.patch" )
 
diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0.ebuild b/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0.ebuild
index 65164af8c53a8..c262cbac85492 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-http/pecl-http-3.1.0.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ DEPEND="dev-libs/libevent
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	php_targets_php5-6? ( dev-php/pecl-http:2[php_targets_php5-6] )"
 
-PHP_EXT_ECONF_ARGS=( --with-http --without-http-shared-deps )
+PHP_EXT_ECONF_ARGS=( --with-http --without-http-shared-deps --without-http-libidn2-dir )
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/pecl-http-gnutls.patch" )